I do not recall the 150 laper at Paragon being a WoO event?
I was there, and it may have been a WoO show, but that does not stand out in my memory.

Mike Waltz

I will not speculate about the death of Mike Waltz. I will only say, I was there, and it was a tragedy beyond description, and that it nearly caused a good friend of Mike's to hang his helmet up that night, right then and right there. I was a gopher for a well known local driver and very close friend of Mike's, we were sitting in the qualifying line waiting to go out, when the accident happened, the car nearly landing right in front of us.

At that time the pits were just off of turn one, Mike's accident happened as he went into turn one, when the right rear tire blew digging the rim into the dirt and vaulting him off of turn one.

It was a devastating loss to the local racing community. Mike was very well liked and he was one hell of a chauffeur too.
He is still missed greatly by his family and his friends to this day. A tragedy that I will sadly never forget.